Production Supervisor - Night Shift Panels

Company Overview: Component Manufacturing Company, a Mead Lumber Company is a leading provider of products for professional contractors, builders, and remodelers. With 50 operating locations across nine Midwestern states, we are proud to be 100% employee-owned and ranked as the 12th largest building material supplier to professional builders in the U.S. At Mead Lumber, we strive to create a team that works and succeeds together every day in an authentic, team-oriented setting.

• Employee Ownership: As a 100% employee-owned company, you will have a stake in our shared success.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible scheduling options that support your lifestyle.
• Career Growth: We are committed to your professional development, providing ongoing learning and advancement opportunities.

Job Summary: The Production Supervisor is primarily responsible for supervision of manufacturing employees. Communicating job completion expectations, panning, monitoring, and reviewing job results. Coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees. Initiating, coordinating, and enforcing policies and procedures.

• Serve as a working supervisor, actively building wall panels and roof/floor trusses while leading the production team.
• Supervise Night Shift operations in the Wall Panels Plant to ensure production, quality, safety, and scheduling goals are met.
• Lead by example by providing hands-on training, guidance, and support to employees throughout the manufacturing process.

• Understand the manufacturing process in order to educate, coach, and teach employees of the process.

• Track and monitor ship efficiencies to meet manufacturing goals and ensure production efficiencies.

• Monitor and enforce safety policies and enforce quality control policies.

• Provide daily work direction to staff, allocating work duties in a clear, effective manner.

• Monitor employee work performance and productivity, providing useful feedback.

• Train new employees on required job components and provide ongoing training and development opportunities to existing employees.

• Provide input for performance evaluations and assist in preparing them as needed.

• Assist in the employee selection process as assigned by the manager.

• Address performance management issues or disciplinary action as necessary, with guidance and assistance from the manager.

• Regularly required to talk and hear in order to communicate with other employees and maintain a safe working environment.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Frequently required to walk to and from various areas within the facility.

• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.

• In some cases, work schedules or work demands may require work to be done after normal work hours or over the weekend.

• Occasional business travel is required.

• Previous experience building wall panels and roof/floor trusses is a must. 
• Previous leadership, lead person, or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of wall panel and roof/floor truss manufacturing processes.
• Ability to analyze technical problems, determine root causes and develop remediation strategies for permanent resolutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to recommend changes to drive business objectives.
• Ability to assess situations to determine the importance, urgency, and risks, making clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of proprietary information.
• Have a basic knowledge of computers, hardware and software, and have a proficiency in design software.

Once eligible, you will participate in our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), a unique benefit that can provide a financial source for your future/retirement that very few companies offer.  We also offer our employees competitive pay as well as the benefits listed below:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• 100% Employer Paid Group Term Life, AD&D, and STD
• Additional Voluntary Life, AD&D, and LTD
• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) Plan
• Scholarship & Tuition Assistance Programs
• Employee Assistance Program

Equal Employment Opportunity: Mead Lumber Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, pregnancy, marital status, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, or any other protected basis prohibited by law.